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container
noun as in holder for physical object
Strongest matches
bag, bottle, bowl, box, bucket, can, canister, capsule, carton, crate, dish, jar, jug, kettle, package, packet, pail, pot, pouch, sack, storage, tank, tub, utensil, vase, vessel, vial
Strong matches
alembic, beaker, bin, bunker, caisson, canteen, carafe, cask, casket, cauldron, chamber, chest, churn, cistern, cradle, crock, ewer, firkin, flask, hamper, hod, hopper, hutch, jeroboam, magnum, pit, pod, poke, pottery, purse, receptacle, reliquary, repository, sac, scuttle, stein, vat
Weak match
Example Sentences
She takes one of the gel containers lying on the floor and uses it to re-coil a few of the twists on my head.
Clutching a powder puff in one hand and a container of face powder in the other, Lady Constance ran out of her dressing room, down the stairs, and out the front door of Ashton Place.
Prosecutors say he also arranged for the goods to be transported to Lebanon - where the group is based - either by container ship from ports in Hamburg or Spain or by air freight.
Online media Politico reported that soldiers working for the site locked up to 250 civilians in containers for three months accusing them of supporting the jihadists.
Bangladesh signed on Monday a 30-year lease with global shipping giant Maersk to run a new container terminal at its largest port, a major deal inked despite dockers' concerns.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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